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they are used for surveillance, disablement, and killing. and drones are increasingly ubiquitous. there are 64 drone bases spread across the united states alone, and the u.s. has other drone installations across the planet. africa is increasingly a drone base environment. a newly authorized site in the nation of niger will become the sixth u.s. drone base in africa, joining one in morocco, senegal, uganda, and a permanent one in djibouti. u.s. drone attacks ordered by obama have spiked particularly in yemen, somalia, afghanistan, and notably pakistan where over 360 drone strikes over the nine years, 2004 to 2013, have killed over 3,000 people. this data is not classified. and not even secret. but it is troubling. so troubling that the u.n. has just decided to launch an investigation on the impacts of drone strikes on thousands of civilians. question. will the u.n. human rights council rule that drone use violates international law do you think, pat buchanan? >> i don't think they l. if they do, john, it doesn't make any difference. but we really ought to be concerned about these d
they are used for surveillance, disablement, and killing. and drones are increasingly ubiquitous. there are 64 drone bases spread across the united states alone, and the u.s. has other drone installations across the planet. africa is increasingly a drone base environment. a newly authorized site in the nation of niger will become the sixth u.s. drone base in africa, joining one in morocco, senegal, uganda, and a permanent one in djibouti. u.s. drone attacks ordered by obama have spiked...
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they, like us, have families and dreams. while we are a nation that allows anyone to start anew, we are also a nation of laws, and that's what makes tackling the issue of immigration reform so difficult. a good place to start is with the kids. one of the great founding principles of our country was that children would not be punished for the mistakes of their parents. and it is time to provide an opportunity for legal residents and citizenship for those who are brought to this country as children and who know no other home. it's the right thing to do for our families, security, and for our economy. >> question is majority leader eric cantor, now the highest ranking republican leader to endorse a path to legal residency for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in the u.s.? >> that's not what he said, john. he just said that he sim pa that i seed with the dreamers who were the children who were brought here by their parents through no fault of their own and to give them some legal residency. he didn't come out for a path
they, like us, have families and dreams. while we are a nation that allows anyone to start anew, we are also a nation of laws, and that's what makes tackling the issue of immigration reform so difficult. a good place to start is with the kids. one of the great founding principles of our country was that children would not be punished for the mistakes of their parents. and it is time to provide an opportunity for legal residents and citizenship for those who are brought to this country as...
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with me it's good to have you with us today. security forces. government protests because some libyans are demanding a second revolution and this comes on the second anniversary. says that the western intervention that helped the late leader is a lot of blame for the troubles in libya. afraid of a big big demonstrations like they did with not to with you know. we're not to was so there are saying to the people if you come out we would be hard with you they are taking people to the prisons airplanes are full eyeing on the you know war airplanes are flying on the air in t. believe people are mean mercenaries are coming from outside so i put the libyan government before i mean you know. the most important thing was no idea and they were had big big controls for the time that neighbor twenty insight leave yet and any time they have the idea there was one kind of people inside yes they were throwing him away they were very hard with the al qaeda people in libya before and now it seems not to when didn't leave yet either came in sight and they are con
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thank you very much for being with us now first. let's get right to the complex is flawed why is it still on the cards to be built in the first place. well first off and most importantly i don't think it was ever intended to protect against iranian missiles something in fact that do not even exist today iran has no nuclear weapons nor do they have capability to launch a missile all the way to the united states so i think the missile so-called missile defense system which in fact is a key part of the u.s. first right strategy it's that she believed to be used after the sword has launched in the heart of russian and chinese nuclear forces and clearly this missile defense system has always been about surrounding russia and china and that's why it doesn't the math doesn't work when you look at having it protect against an iranian system now one of the flaws that has been mentioned is the actual location of the system in romania and poland something that we all know that russia has been voicing their concerns about can we expect any chan
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we need a legal architecture for the use of the drones. israel has drones, hezbollah at least has one and they have the supply to them. what happens when russia starts using them in the soviet republics or china. >> too many things they do without thinking to the national missile defense. we could develop national missile defense. it doesn't seem to be slowing anyone down but they still pull the money into it every year because we can do it instead of having the missile defense and get serious about cutting back strategic offensive arms. they haven't been address to. there's a lot of if we have the control that clinton abolished because jesse helms made them nervous and they can address those things. the arms control lobby in the country was quite effective we don't see much of their activity anymore. >> they've been very successful after world war ii the difficulty in iraq and afghanistan. >> the party in afghanistan is the trying to do with the soviets try to do where they take a page out of the playbook which is you come in and try to b
we need a legal architecture for the use of the drones. israel has drones, hezbollah at least has one and they have the supply to them. what happens when russia starts using them in the soviet republics or china. >> too many things they do without thinking to the national missile defense. we could develop national missile defense. it doesn't seem to be slowing anyone down but they still pull the money into it every year because we can do it instead of having the missile defense and get...
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choose to use the consensus to. choose the opinions that invigorated your mind. choose the stories that entire life choose the access to your office. well this week saw days of strikes in spain as tens of thousands of teachers and students voiced their anger over education cuts the government seems on moved by the crowds and says it's committed to belt tightening measures as it struggles to dig their country out of its debt hole spain is also experiencing a staggering unemployment rate with one in four currently out of a job a message from the people of spain was echoed on the streets of ireland where thousands united in a massive show of anger against severe austerity measures tough cuts were implemented to please arens creditors has been relying on a joint e.u. international monetary fund loan since twenty ten. angry crowds have also been spoiling the mood of e.u. leaders as they celebrate our historic budget deal cutting the block spending for the first time ever it was sealed after hours of debates and bickering described by some as a bizarre however the deal
choose to use the consensus to. choose the opinions that invigorated your mind. choose the stories that entire life choose the access to your office. well this week saw days of strikes in spain as tens of thousands of teachers and students voiced their anger over education cuts the government seems on moved by the crowds and says it's committed to belt tightening measures as it struggles to dig their country out of its debt hole spain is also experiencing a staggering unemployment rate with one...
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it could use a 5 or 10% cut. it will make it a lot more efficient. >> greta: and always nice to see you, mayor. >> thank you very much, greta. he see you soon. >> greta: thank you, sir. virginia governor bob mcdonnell joins us and governor, nice to see you, and you believe that sequestration will hurt your state. is that correct? >> well, i do, but more importantly, i think it's going to hurt national security and it's going to balance the fiscal problems of the united states on the backs of the men and women in uniform. we love the military here in virginia, but the policy is just reckless, it was put in place 18 months ago, really to be a hammer and get people to talk and guess what they failed. the president hasn't led and congress can't get a deal. the fiscal health of our country is dysfunctional. now, we've got 50% of all of this 1.2 billion dollars in cuts on the backs of the military and that's wrong about it and there's no taking on entitlements. that's the problem, a bad policy. >> couple of things, is
it could use a 5 or 10% cut. it will make it a lot more efficient. >> greta: and always nice to see you, mayor. >> thank you very much, greta. he see you soon. >> greta: thank you, sir. virginia governor bob mcdonnell joins us and governor, nice to see you, and you believe that sequestration will hurt your state. is that correct? >> well, i do, but more importantly, i think it's going to hurt national security and it's going to balance the fiscal problems of the united...
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or don't do it just to us. because the original foundation for why you did it no longer applies. and when you're dealing with states, states' rights is a misunderstood and misused term. but it does have some residual value. states, unless otherwise for some other reason, they should be treated equally. chris: here's the question. if you have a state, it's not covered by the old law, any state, we've seen this. in florida, where they got rid of sunday voting right before the election where black voters had tended to vote on sunday. and let's get rid of sunday. bill clinton said that was a shameful act of voter discrimination. >> and barack obama in the state of the union, bring out 102-year-old woman who thought she wasn't going to be able to vote and exactly -- chris: eight hours. >> eight hours. >> in florida. chris: and that was going on in ohio. in 2004. we need to keep looking at this. we need to keep looking at this. when we come back scoops and has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! ♪ wow. [ buzz ] delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey,
or don't do it just to us. because the original foundation for why you did it no longer applies. and when you're dealing with states, states' rights is a misunderstood and misused term. but it does have some residual value. states, unless otherwise for some other reason, they should be treated equally. chris: here's the question. if you have a state, it's not covered by the old law, any state, we've seen this. in florida, where they got rid of sunday voting right before the election where black...
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i think they want us in the region and want us to be consistent and stay there. their fear is that we are going to come in and pull out again. so up end things and cause issues. >> yeah. i'm a vietnam veteran, and i've been in peace movement for probably the last thirty years. i was in iraq in december of you're and trying to get in the parking lot of the prison and of course they wouldn't let us in. my question is kind of i consider kind the elephant in the room. i think i see our current military as dahling with the american people who pave their way as dealing in two distinct modes. i see you as a master of one leg in each. my question is given the vast amount of secrecy that is necessary for the culture that you're evolving very bril i can'tly, -- bril lantly. does it concern you how this what impact this has on democracy? and the citizenship that really doesn't know what the heck you're doing it me it's an important question. i wonder if it concerns you at all. >> if i understand your question right and in many ways i argue i've been in the peace movement fo
i think they want us in the region and want us to be consistent and stay there. their fear is that we are going to come in and pull out again. so up end things and cause issues. >> yeah. i'm a vietnam veteran, and i've been in peace movement for probably the last thirty years. i was in iraq in december of you're and trying to get in the parking lot of the prison and of course they wouldn't let us in. my question is kind of i consider kind the elephant in the room. i think i see our...
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he is using a tube to support his breathing and has communicated with us through various means to give us his instructions. >> the families of more than 7,000 haitians who died of cholera have reacted angrily to the u.n.'s decision to reject their claims for compensation. scientific studies suggest u.n. peace keepers were the source of the outbreak. but the u.n. says it has diplomatic immunity. >> the river that runs through the town is a lifeline for people here to keep them cool, clean, and enrich it is soil. but in october 2010 it became the source of one of the worst health crises this country has ever seen. most likely caused by a sewage leak at this united nations base where soldiers infected with cholera were stationed. within weeks the disease spread throughout the country. eventually killing thousands. one of the victims. >> my son took me to the hospital. they took care of me but i thought i was going to die. >> her youngest daughter did die and she was shocked when she learned that the united nations is now refusing to pay victims like her any damages. >> it's very sad to he
he is using a tube to support his breathing and has communicated with us through various means to give us his instructions. >> the families of more than 7,000 haitians who died of cholera have reacted angrily to the u.n.'s decision to reject their claims for compensation. scientific studies suggest u.n. peace keepers were the source of the outbreak. but the u.n. says it has diplomatic immunity. >> the river that runs through the town is a lifeline for people here to keep them cool,...
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and with us today, the huffington post howard fineman. the bbc's katty kay. nbc's kelly o'donnell. and new york1's errol louis. first up, it's oscar weekend a movie reference for this endless gamesmanship over taxes and spending. remember that movie about the guy who keeps waking up and it's the same day again? that bill murray classic "groundhog day"? >> this is no way to run the greatest country on earth. it's a dangerous game that we've never played before. and we can't afford to play it now. the country deserves folks to be willing to compromise on behalf of the greater good. the greatest nation on the earth cannot keep conduct being its business by drifting from one manufactured crisis to the next. chris: so what do you do, howard, to get up in the morning and they're talking -- they're talking sequester and a new name for it every couple of months, it's the same thing. the question is, harris the push said i don't think it's real. they're not going to do it. move on? >> well, that's the danger because this is not a movie and it's not funny. i think what's happening here in th
and with us today, the huffington post howard fineman. the bbc's katty kay. nbc's kelly o'donnell. and new york1's errol louis. first up, it's oscar weekend a movie reference for this endless gamesmanship over taxes and spending. remember that movie about the guy who keeps waking up and it's the same day again? that bill murray classic "groundhog day"? >> this is no way to run the greatest country on earth. it's a dangerous game that we've never played before. and we can't...
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. >>> and there are documents showing drones used to kill members of al qaeda. that brought back after demands of the legal justification for the strikes. late wednesday the white house bowed to growing political pressure and agreed to hand over the documents to congress. >>> senator dianne feinstein said lawmakers should know what brennan knew and when he knew it. she released a statement, it is critical for the committee's oversight function to fully understand the legal basis for all the counterterrorism operation. >> last summer, brennan said the use of drone strikes by the u.s. has turned al qaeda into quote, a shadow of what it once was. under president obama, the program has been used to take out 400 terrorist targets in pakistan and the middle east. >>> potential cuts in the defense department have already faced changes in the military operations. the pentagon said it will reduce plans in the persian gulf. that would leave one carrier in the region. defense secretary leon panetta warns under the pentagon cuts, workers could face furloughs saying, quote,
. >>> and there are documents showing drones used to kill members of al qaeda. that brought back after demands of the legal justification for the strikes. late wednesday the white house bowed to growing political pressure and agreed to hand over the documents to congress. >>> senator dianne feinstein said lawmakers should know what brennan knew and when he knew it. she released a statement, it is critical for the committee's oversight function to fully understand the legal...
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never say he was a missing person with anti-government use. the u.s. and france have agreed that military operations in mali should be handed over to united nations mission as soon as possible. french forces entered northern mali three weeks ago, launching aerial strikes against islamic militants. today, the french president held talks with american vice- president joe biden in paris. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad has volunteered to become the first person sent into space by his country's fledgling space program. he made the offer during an address to sciences a week after it ran successfully sent a monkey into orbit. corruption on a scale never previously seen. that is help police in europe are describing a match fixing scheme involving up to 700 football games around the globe. more than half of those were in europe and now the very integrity of the sport is being questioned. our correspondent tim frank has the details. >> the global game is at risk from a global crime network. what had long been feared that only quietly talked about was toda
never say he was a missing person with anti-government use. the u.s. and france have agreed that military operations in mali should be handed over to united nations mission as soon as possible. french forces entered northern mali three weeks ago, launching aerial strikes against islamic militants. today, the french president held talks with american vice- president joe biden in paris. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad has volunteered to become the first person sent into space by his...
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thanks for joining us here in our. the moscow a week after the shocking revelations of needless deaths in a british hospital there are still no signs of action the family and friends of hundreds of patients who died due to neglect calling for criminal action to be taken against those responsible and the former chief of another hospital says he was paid half a million pounds not to talk about a similar situation. has been following the scandal. but in the latest twist we've seen an n.h.s. whistleblower come out and say that he was forced to quit after he'd raise concerns about issues that he said endangered patient safety but this latest revelation comes on the back of the francis report that we saw last week now that was looking into the scandal that happened in that stuff the hospital where it's thought more than a thousand patients could have died between two thousand and five and two thousand and eight as a result of inhumane and degrading treatment almost no warrant food stuff and hospital in september of two thous
thanks for joining us here in our. the moscow a week after the shocking revelations of needless deaths in a british hospital there are still no signs of action the family and friends of hundreds of patients who died due to neglect calling for criminal action to be taken against those responsible and the former chief of another hospital says he was paid half a million pounds not to talk about a similar situation. has been following the scandal. but in the latest twist we've seen an n.h.s....
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after two-month absence, the ailing leader used twitter to announce his return. we have arrived again to the venezuela wail an homeland. we will continue the treatment here, he wrote. it was the longest the president had been away and unlike previous returns, this was a quiet homecoming under the quiet of darkness far from tv cameras. but it was for these people. >> we await you with open arms. we love you and will support you forever. >> chavez left for cuba in early december for yet another operation for cancer. he had been getting treatment there ever since he was diagnosed almost two years ago. his condition was so serious, that the president missed his own inauguration last month leading to speculation that his prognosis was worse than the government was letting on. the people of venezuela got their first glimpse of their president. he was shown recovering at a hospital in havana. while he may not have bounded down from the plane this time, chavez remains upbeat. in the last of his three tweets after his return home, the president wrote, i continue clinging
after two-month absence, the ailing leader used twitter to announce his return. we have arrived again to the venezuela wail an homeland. we will continue the treatment here, he wrote. it was the longest the president had been away and unlike previous returns, this was a quiet homecoming under the quiet of darkness far from tv cameras. but it was for these people. >> we await you with open arms. we love you and will support you forever. >> chavez left for cuba in early december for...
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their answer to us was yes. if the sequestration went into effect, aircraft carriers not being deployed, new ones not being built, current ones not being refueled. that is significant. that cuts right to the issue of readiness. we heard from all of the service agencies the issue of readiness. termedrned that as a -- it as a readiness crisis. they need to assure that we can be victorious in whatever situation that we face. that is deeply concerning. i appreciate the president traveling today, being right across the river from the naval base, so he understands the greatest ships in the world are built there by the greatest shipbuilders. the commitment it takes from them, how important the industrial basis to this nation, how important our civilian employees are to the dod and the contracting immunity -- community -- all of the individuals are part of the sequestration. and the president seeks about compromise, putting ideas on the table. i cannot agree more. let's find common ground, find ways to do that. i have t
their answer to us was yes. if the sequestration went into effect, aircraft carriers not being deployed, new ones not being built, current ones not being refueled. that is significant. that cuts right to the issue of readiness. we heard from all of the service agencies the issue of readiness. termedrned that as a -- it as a readiness crisis. they need to assure that we can be victorious in whatever situation that we face. that is deeply concerning. i appreciate the president traveling today,...
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the sanctions also banned the export and import of components that could be used in ballistic missiles including certain types of aluminum. they say they put a satellite into orbit. but weern leaders say the north kores we devopin balltic missil which can rry nuclr payload. netanyahu says the fact they went ahead with the tests show sanctions don't work. he says it was proof world leaders should do more to stop nuclear ambitions in another nation, iran. netanyahu told international jewish leaders gathered in jerusalem that embargoes should be coupled with a military threat. >> even tougher sanctions will not stop them. case in point, north korea. have sanctions, tough sanctions, stopped north korea? no. >> israeli leaders believe their counterparts in iran are trying to develop nuclear weapons. the israelis have hinted repeatedly they could launch a preemptive strike. leaders in tehran say they're developing atomic energy for peaceful purposes. netanyahu says iran will be at the top of his agenda when u.s. president barack obama visits israel next month. >>> chinese officials have tak
the sanctions also banned the export and import of components that could be used in ballistic missiles including certain types of aluminum. they say they put a satellite into orbit. but weern leaders say the north kores we devopin balltic missil which can rry nuclr payload. netanyahu says the fact they went ahead with the tests show sanctions don't work. he says it was proof world leaders should do more to stop nuclear ambitions in another nation, iran. netanyahu told international jewish...
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. >>> president obama orders the justice department to release classified memos over drone strikes used to kill americans as john brennan prepares for a difficult hearing today. >>> plus, a bad nanny caught in the act of hitting an infant. a dog with a human face. and believe it or not, a study that tells women the time and day they're least attractive. >> announcer: this is "early today" for thursday, february 7th, 2013. thursday, february 7th, 2013. >>> good morning, i'm mara schiavocampo. whether you live in the northeast or you're traveling anywhere near there this weekend, you need to know there's a whopper of a snowstorm headed this way. the national weather service is forecasting more than 2 feet of snow in some place. nbc's bill karins is tracking the storm. >> historic is the right word. now we need to get the players on the field. you are going to have a significant storm of your own. travel is going to be very difficult. milwaukee, grand rapids, possibly even around chicago with winter storm warnings for a good chunk of michigan. it should be warm enough where you don't have
. >>> president obama orders the justice department to release classified memos over drone strikes used to kill americans as john brennan prepares for a difficult hearing today. >>> plus, a bad nanny caught in the act of hitting an infant. a dog with a human face. and believe it or not, a study that tells women the time and day they're least attractive. >> announcer: this is "early today" for thursday, february 7th, 2013. thursday, february 7th, 2013....
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thanks for joining us here. a week off the shocking revelations of needless deaths in a british hospital there are still no signs of action the family and friends of hundreds of patients who died calling for criminal action be taken against those responsible and the former chief of the hospital says he was paid a million pounds not to talk about a similar situation. has been following the. but in the latest twist we've seen an n.h.s. whistleblower come out and say that he was forced to quit after he'd raise concerns about issues that he said endangered patient safety but this latest revelation comes on the back of the francis report that we saw last week now that was looking into the scandal that happened at mit stuff which hospital where it's thought more than a thousand patients could have died between two thousand and five and two thousand and eight as a result of inhumane and degrading treatment almost no warrant food stuff and hospital in september of two thousand and eight used to disaster people probably
thanks for joining us here. a week off the shocking revelations of needless deaths in a british hospital there are still no signs of action the family and friends of hundreds of patients who died calling for criminal action be taken against those responsible and the former chief of the hospital says he was paid a million pounds not to talk about a similar situation. has been following the. but in the latest twist we've seen an n.h.s. whistleblower come out and say that he was forced to quit...
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says that the dire situation is a result of the use failed economic rescue. well it seems that it's getting worse not better this is the famous rescue of greece from the european union they say that will reach thirty percent of unemployment it means that while thousands of people lose their jobs every day in greece this is starting to become a humanitarian crisis and i think it's something that we no one expected to see in the european union you see extreme poverty you see people that tried to get a plate of food from the church we have two hundred fifty thousand people every day trying to get to the church to find food we are talking about the young people that they want to find a job in greece the trying to leave the country we're talking about people that don't have access to a primary health services and i would like in about things that no one expected to see it seems that the plan for growth is taking to margin too long to take place so something has to change i do believe that germany has stuck to this plan and doesn't want to admit the mistakes where
says that the dire situation is a result of the use failed economic rescue. well it seems that it's getting worse not better this is the famous rescue of greece from the european union they say that will reach thirty percent of unemployment it means that while thousands of people lose their jobs every day in greece this is starting to become a humanitarian crisis and i think it's something that we no one expected to see in the european union you see extreme poverty you see people that tried to...
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joining us is aforementioned michele flournoy. michelle, or undersecretary, which ever you prefer -- >> michelle, please. >> i thought your piece was terrific. sequester or not, defense department is going to lose 10% of its budget and you think there are good ways to do it. walk us through some of the key points. >> i do think the defense budget will come under pressure, even if we do get a deal. there are ways to reduce costs go after the defense enterprise rather than balance the budget on the back of the force. first cutting unnecessary overhead. the pentagon and d.o.d. has grown by more than 100,000 civilians in the last decade. we can pare those back now that we're coming out of a period of war. >> i thought your civilian argument was great. we've been through these wars and you're saying you can take it right back down without losing any national security. >> i think if you're careful in how do you it, you can reshape the force and come out in a leaner and more agile organization. >> what about another civilian, maybe it's
joining us is aforementioned michele flournoy. michelle, or undersecretary, which ever you prefer -- >> michelle, please. >> i thought your piece was terrific. sequester or not, defense department is going to lose 10% of its budget and you think there are good ways to do it. walk us through some of the key points. >> i do think the defense budget will come under pressure, even if we do get a deal. there are ways to reduce costs go after the defense enterprise rather than...
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he joins us now. welcome >> thank you for having me brown: we've known this is a problem for a long time but how pervasive is it? >> it's extremely extensive. according to the department of de's own estimates more than 19,000 men and women are sexually assaulted each year in the u.s. military. if you multiply that times the decades this has been going on there's over 500,000 perhaps even close to a million men and women have been sexually asauled over the last three generations >> brown: the problem that you showed and we really saw it in that excerpt is not only does it happens but the ugliness afterwards, right? the women themselves are often persecuted >> exactly. only 86% of men and women who are sexually assaulted in the military don't report. it's exactly for those reasons. they experience reprisals that are in many ways a second betrayal that is worse than the actual rape itself. >> brown: sometimes they have to report it to the perpetrator >> right. brown: their commanding officer >> right bro
he joins us now. welcome >> thank you for having me brown: we've known this is a problem for a long time but how pervasive is it? >> it's extremely extensive. according to the department of de's own estimates more than 19,000 men and women are sexually assaulted each year in the u.s. military. if you multiply that times the decades this has been going on there's over 500,000 perhaps even close to a million men and women have been sexually asauled over the last three generations...
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chris: they call us terrorists there. david, there's the question, i guess, maybe not the most important question but we're all asking right now. collateral damage. people killed in these drone strikes who are innocent and how much that causes hatred to this country. >> everyone who really follows the drone program carefully says that the level of collateral damage is smaller than with any corresponding weapon system that you could think of. that doesn't mean that there's none. but i think that's not the issue. i think the issue that president obama has been confronting, i have referred to him sometimes as the covert commander in chief because he's so comfortable and tough in using these covert tools that the question he faces is how do you take this program, as he said to a socialist, i didn't get elected president to kill people but turns out that's part of my job. how does he find rules for a legal framework for himself, for his c.i. dreaktor john brennan and for future -- c.i.a. director john brennan and for future di
chris: they call us terrorists there. david, there's the question, i guess, maybe not the most important question but we're all asking right now. collateral damage. people killed in these drone strikes who are innocent and how much that causes hatred to this country. >> everyone who really follows the drone program carefully says that the level of collateral damage is smaller than with any corresponding weapon system that you could think of. that doesn't mean that there's none. but i...
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our correspondent joins us on the line from buenos aires. told us that he was back in the world. short on detail. >> glenn me clarify that the tweets were supposed to have been written by president chavez himself. -- let m clarifiede. he had not used it since november. "we have arrived back in the venezuelan fatherland. thanks, my god! thanks, my beloved people! here we will continue the treatment." the acting vice president and president maduro says mr. chavez has been taken to the military hospital, where he is now. he landed about six hours ago, so this is very big news in venezuela. the other thing president chavez wrote was "i'm clinging to christ and trusting in my doctors and nurses." we shall live and overcome." very short messages. there's been a lot of pressure and economic pressure for the president to return. his exact condition is not clear. we saw a photograph of him on saturday surrounded by his two daughters. he is supposedly on a ventilator. we have not heard him speak. there are many questions about exactly how he is. we do know that he's back in venezuela and a
our correspondent joins us on the line from buenos aires. told us that he was back in the world. short on detail. >> glenn me clarify that the tweets were supposed to have been written by president chavez himself. -- let m clarifiede. he had not used it since november. "we have arrived back in the venezuelan fatherland. thanks, my god! thanks, my beloved people! here we will continue the treatment." the acting vice president and president maduro says mr. chavez has been taken to...
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choose to give to us that immigrate to. choose to stories could impact your life choose the access to. it is a four fifteen pm here moscow time this is r.t. with me you will receive big brother may be watching every click you make online the u.s. government's using new defense software able to predict your future behavior and locations in cyberspace however the program only using data submitted voluntarily via social networks and all the claims of privacy violations don't stick. chicanos the story. those of you who are using social networks will find this interesting the world's fifth largest defense contractor raytheon a multinational firm based in massachusetts came up with a software that can map out your life and be able to predict your moves your behavior based on the formation that you provide on websites like facebook twitter or foursquare the guardian has obtained a video. where a raytheon staffer explains and shows how it works the program is called someone already branded it for spice it's just a few clicks and it
choose to give to us that immigrate to. choose to stories could impact your life choose the access to. it is a four fifteen pm here moscow time this is r.t. with me you will receive big brother may be watching every click you make online the u.s. government's using new defense software able to predict your future behavior and locations in cyberspace however the program only using data submitted voluntarily via social networks and all the claims of privacy violations don't stick. chicanos the...
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you use the word confrontatio l confrontational. i would use a different word. they will be very familiar themes. the economy will be central and how we can grow it. fair shot, pay your fair share but other things that he does lay out, he'll lay out the looming deadlinen 0 the sequester and tough choices and consequences if we let the sequester go into effect. and, you know, cuts to some pretty critical programs so i think the state of the union is always a an important moment in a presidency, not to the people sitting in the room but the country of the tough choices we have to make and i think he'll make it. >> nicolle, a cautionary tale prosecutor on the state of the union. >> i think that he made the proposal to reform social security. it was not having his own party on board. that's a lesson for any president but i think president obama did the republican party a huge favor by delivering an inaugural address that was historically combative. he did not deliver the kind of inaugural address people are accustomed to. instead he came out and really in a spirited
you use the word confrontatio l confrontational. i would use a different word. they will be very familiar themes. the economy will be central and how we can grow it. fair shot, pay your fair share but other things that he does lay out, he'll lay out the looming deadlinen 0 the sequester and tough choices and consequences if we let the sequester go into effect. and, you know, cuts to some pretty critical programs so i think the state of the union is always a an important moment in a presidency,...
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good to have you with us. the president, i think the speaker proposed it rather interestingly and eloquently. the president needs to clean up the mess he made. what do you think? >> it's certainly a matter of historical record that the president proposes across the board method of cutting spending. think it's also a matter of record that no one likes it. it was designed to be so bad that it would not be used. but if we are not doing the alternative, which is to pick specific programs, especially the ones you mentioned, medicare, medicaid and health care spending, cut those because those are the programs that are the problems. since that is not happening this is what is left. increasingly you're hearing people say, well,ine. this is what we will do. lou: well we will do is really layoff of lot of employees, according to the president. he runs the government, therefore these are his choices. laying off 800,000 employees of the federal government because of a 2 percent change and other spending. that is, frankly,
good to have you with us. the president, i think the speaker proposed it rather interestingly and eloquently. the president needs to clean up the mess he made. what do you think? >> it's certainly a matter of historical record that the president proposes across the board method of cutting spending. think it's also a matter of record that no one likes it. it was designed to be so bad that it would not be used. but if we are not doing the alternative, which is to pick specific programs,...
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it is made from plastic, so it uses less fuel. every day it is grounded, the cost to boeing goes up. >> you are watching "bbc world news america," still to come -- the u.s. education system is slipping down the global rankings. we talked to one woman with radical ideas for an overhaul. life like robotic patients are used by doctors and nurses in the uk who want to practice their clinical skills. they suffer from a range of problems like asthma and severe infections. >> john is sick. he has been in a car crash and he is struggling to breathe. these doctors are trying to figure out what to do. if they cannot, no one dies. these robots are different. they are controlled to react to treatment second by second. "although we are taught in books what to do in certain situations, is very different when you have equipment, and you have people talking to you. run through.way to >> there are other members of the family. he can heartbeat -- he can have a heartbeat and describe the symptoms. it is cutting edge technology. it's not the only new
it is made from plastic, so it uses less fuel. every day it is grounded, the cost to boeing goes up. >> you are watching "bbc world news america," still to come -- the u.s. education system is slipping down the global rankings. we talked to one woman with radical ideas for an overhaul. life like robotic patients are used by doctors and nurses in the uk who want to practice their clinical skills. they suffer from a range of problems like asthma and severe infections. >>...
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steak lovers get used to eating tofu. an expert is here to tell us why. close up for the oscars, but commercials, as you and i know them, could take a final bow. a breakthrough in the industry allows advertisers to control what you see in realtime. we could watch the same oscars, but very different commercials. the man behind it will explain how to cash in. even when they say it's not, it'slways about "money." ♪ top story's a big one. the payroll tax hike hitting harder than expected. -n monday, we were the first to teld you yesterday how walmart's feeling the pain due to payroll taxes and high gas prices. the payroll tax alone shifts $110 billion out of the hands of consumers and every single working american feels that blow. now, burger king, kraft, dart restaurants, and tyson foods expressing fear by lowering the forecast. this is ripple effect going to continue? how long? turning to the money power panel, and harry, author of "the great crash ahead," and managing director of economic policy at the center for american progress. welcome to all of you,
steak lovers get used to eating tofu. an expert is here to tell us why. close up for the oscars, but commercials, as you and i know them, could take a final bow. a breakthrough in the industry allows advertisers to control what you see in realtime. we could watch the same oscars, but very different commercials. the man behind it will explain how to cash in. even when they say it's not, it'slways about "money." ♪ top story's a big one. the payroll tax hike hitting harder than...
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give us your reaction to this kind of training and try to tell us why in the world the department of agriculture would engage in something like this. >> i want you to see america responded by outsiders. said that. >> correct.@ it is insiders. they get very nervous about today's outsiders. i want you to say, the pilgrims were illegal aliens. >> say the pilgrims never give a passpo to the indians. lou: what do you think? >> the only possible plausible explanation that i can think of is that he wanted to make people uncomfortable and therefore for them to think about what he was saying. but this is such a bizarre way of trying to reach people. such -- it's such a disconnect to what sensitivity training is. it is just mystifying. honestly. really is. lou: the chanting nonsense and the fact that taxpayer dollars are being spent on this outfit is incredible. among some of the language here, if you tell some of those mexicans, go back where you came from, as if anybody is, create straw man and then makes what he thinks is a right is joke, apparently. it is really the chanting, the indoctrin
give us your reaction to this kind of training and try to tell us why in the world the department of agriculture would engage in something like this. >> i want you to see america responded by outsiders. said that. >> correct.@ it is insiders. they get very nervous about today's outsiders. i want you to say, the pilgrims were illegal aliens. >> say the pilgrims never give a passpo to the indians. lou: what do you think? >> the only possible plausible explanation that i...
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citizens abroad we also know that drone use within u.s. borders is increasing dramatically and it's not just the military using them the map you are looking at here is made from data released from the federal aviation administration after a freedom of information request was sent out by the electronic frontier foundation it shows locations of eighty one public entities that have applied for f.a.a. drone authorizations and includes organizations such as law enforcement agencies sheriff's departments colleges and even one indian travel agency so obviously drones are becoming more prevalent but on the same day that the obama administration released the drone memo that has stirred up so much conversation a small virginia city charlottesville that is passed a resolution banning the use of drones against its forty three thousand residents for two years the resolution which was brought on by peace activist david swanson called on the state of virginia and the entire country to follow its example the charlottesville resolution says quote the feder
citizens abroad we also know that drone use within u.s. borders is increasing dramatically and it's not just the military using them the map you are looking at here is made from data released from the federal aviation administration after a freedom of information request was sent out by the electronic frontier foundation it shows locations of eighty one public entities that have applied for f.a.a. drone authorizations and includes organizations such as law enforcement agencies sheriff's...
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that used to be the work ethic we were used to here? >> yeah, i love that commercial, but i saw myself asking the question paul harvey would have said the same thing if he had seen today's agriculture. billions in government subsidies and all that. every generation, when i was a kid i worked hard. people work hard. we work harder in america than any industrialized nation. >> dave: we do and there are still a lot of those farmers and lots of people are putting in extra time. steve, i think back to the doctors who used to be on call all the time. it's pretty hard, but it's hard to get a doctor on call. nowadays, everybody wants extra money? >> you can see what it did to education where teachers did struck go down the blackboard after work and -- scrubbing down the blackboard after work. how about focusing on the job itself and people would gladly pay you more if they were getting value. >> dave: adjudicate we pay more or not? >> i am all for paying overtime as long as the same employees get under time on the job. if you take an email, you
that used to be the work ethic we were used to here? >> yeah, i love that commercial, but i saw myself asking the question paul harvey would have said the same thing if he had seen today's agriculture. billions in government subsidies and all that. every generation, when i was a kid i worked hard. people work hard. we work harder in america than any industrialized nation. >> dave: we do and there are still a lot of those farmers and lots of people are putting in extra time. steve, i...
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tear grasses -- had to use tear gas to disperse the protesters. some of the refugees attacked some of the aid workers and security forces. there is a very high level of frustration inside the camps because these people are having to live inside a cold community of tents outside the villa of the winter. these riots at scuffles are not unusual at have happened in the past. usually it is because of deep frustration. they have 2 q every day to receive assistance, blankets and tents. it is very frustrating. >> thank you. fighting between two arab tribes in western sudan has displaced from 100,000 people. united nations officials say its quickly turning into one of the biggest crises of the year. violence broke out because of a dispute over a gold mine in a remote part of our four. a convoy carrying blankets and other supplies has just set off on a days long journey to deliver emergency aid. at least 15 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on the provincial police headquarters in iraq. 90 people were wounded. one suicide bomber targeted the
tear grasses -- had to use tear gas to disperse the protesters. some of the refugees attacked some of the aid workers and security forces. there is a very high level of frustration inside the camps because these people are having to live inside a cold community of tents outside the villa of the winter. these riots at scuffles are not unusual at have happened in the past. usually it is because of deep frustration. they have 2 q every day to receive assistance, blankets and tents. it is very...
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thank you for joining us. have a great night in the see right back here tomorrow. ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. president obama preparing to pivot to job creation in tomorrow state of the union address in which he is expected to call for a renewed focus on jobs. of course, more government spending. we will show you how many times the president has had to pivot. also tonight among the latest on of 150-foot wide asteroid that is expected to come closer to striking earth than any other on record. the scientists say the * most likely threat is to the hundreds of weather and telecommunications satellites in geostationary orbit some 22,000 miles above the earth. and what a small college with a big idea, a big idea that could create chaos for more than 4,000 colleges and universities in the country if they follow suit. that plan may prove expensive and embarrassing to all those schools. we'll tell you all about it. we begin with the president's fourth state of the union address and his expected calls for more tax
thank you for joining us. have a great night in the see right back here tomorrow. ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. president obama preparing to pivot to job creation in tomorrow state of the union address in which he is expected to call for a renewed focus on jobs. of course, more government spending. we will show you how many times the president has had to pivot. also tonight among the latest on of 150-foot wide asteroid that is expected to come closer to striking earth than any other on...
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i said that all government officials of an obligation to tell us if they want to kill us. i mean it seems pretty straightforward in britain has been side to a lot of what some us would consider to be unsavory things over the years waterboarding and you know yes he has presided over the drone program so do i ask you i think it's fair to ask him to tell us exactly how these drones are being used even though that it's that it seems i do think that he could say that these details some of them at least are classified we certainly could say that that's of the been saying all along but this is a high stakes game people are dying i think we do have a right to ask why they're trying and what's been done a lot of them are worthless in the choosing we're going to be killed brennan of course is credited as the architect of the drone campaign so if anybody knows these answers the answers to these questions it's him right well absolutely it was actually the first ministration official to admit that the drone campaign was actually in use everybody knew it was no open secret it was a pers
i said that all government officials of an obligation to tell us if they want to kill us. i mean it seems pretty straightforward in britain has been side to a lot of what some us would consider to be unsavory things over the years waterboarding and you know yes he has presided over the drone program so do i ask you i think it's fair to ask him to tell us exactly how these drones are being used even though that it's that it seems i do think that he could say that these details some of them at...
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the us president will be handed a petition calling for the release of a u.k. resident who spent over a decade behind bars at guantanamo bay prison was taken to the facility under suspicion of links with al qaeda terrorists but was cleared for release in two thousand and nine however he remains in detention but he's never been charged or tried to almost be will not a defense counsel for guantanamo prisoners says almost case is not an exception. shocker armor was sold for a bounty the united states drop of leaflets to them and offered five thousand to twenty five thousand dollars for every quote arab terrorists who would be turned in in an area where people make two hundred dollars a year that was enough as the leaflet said to feed your family for a life so any arab you found you could sell for a bounty there are about one hundred sixty people at guantanamo today about fifteen of those are people who really could be charged with war crimes like khalid shaikh mohammed they were brought to guantanamo afterwards of there are other you know one hundred fifty or so p
the us president will be handed a petition calling for the release of a u.k. resident who spent over a decade behind bars at guantanamo bay prison was taken to the facility under suspicion of links with al qaeda terrorists but was cleared for release in two thousand and nine however he remains in detention but he's never been charged or tried to almost be will not a defense counsel for guantanamo prisoners says almost case is not an exception. shocker armor was sold for a bounty the united...
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last two days here in moscow this is our tease we could use ricky. egypt's supposition groups are gearing up for more mass rallies against president mercy is some threatening to storm the presidential palace the protesters are demanding that mercy up holes the goals of the revolution that ousted hosni mubarak two years ago and what's increasingly becoming a similar scenario in one of the gyptian quarters or the government to block the video sharing web site you tube in the country for a month citing anti islam content was artie's both reports the decision is only darkly to inflame tensions as the unrest continues. there's been a lot of condemnation of the by protest movements who see you cheap as a vital resource for disseminating information about human rights abuses by the security forces it's also an indication of an islam is ation of egypt has been a number of quite controversial statements made by these hardline muslim clerics in the last few weeks including a religious edict calling opposition forces to be killed and a muslim cleric speaking to
last two days here in moscow this is our tease we could use ricky. egypt's supposition groups are gearing up for more mass rallies against president mercy is some threatening to storm the presidential palace the protesters are demanding that mercy up holes the goals of the revolution that ousted hosni mubarak two years ago and what's increasingly becoming a similar scenario in one of the gyptian quarters or the government to block the video sharing web site you tube in the country for a month...
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jon: secretary of state john kerry, have to get used to using that term, it's a little hard to get used to the new title and name, he's arriving for his first official day on the job. the former massachusetts senator taking time into the dues himself to his new staff, offering kind words about his predecessors hillary clinton and condoleezzaa rice. james rosen is live at the state department with an update. james. >> reporter: good morning. big heels to fill that's what secretary kerry said as he addressed the audience here this morning. he has a wealth of foreign policy experience he brings to the job of course but also many years as a public speaker and like the best them he began here this morning with a few good jokes. >> i have to tell you, i liked my cubicle over there in transition corner. [laughter] >> but i cannot tell you how great it feels to sort of be liberated to know that i actually get to explore the whole building now. [laughter] >> so i've been freed. i'm the first person you guys freda, this is pretty good. [laughter] >> the nation's 68th secretary of state is the fir
jon: secretary of state john kerry, have to get used to using that term, it's a little hard to get used to the new title and name, he's arriving for his first official day on the job. the former massachusetts senator taking time into the dues himself to his new staff, offering kind words about his predecessors hillary clinton and condoleezzaa rice. james rosen is live at the state department with an update. james. >> reporter: good morning. big heels to fill that's what secretary kerry...
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